From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale, Jesse Jackson, and Gary Hart are dressed in overalls, and Mondale carries a hammer. They have built a tall wooden platform with a plank labeled "Unity" attached...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Republican presidential candidates "Rocky" (Nelson Rockefeller) and "Nixon" (Richard Nixon) are shown from the waist down. Only knee high are two of the vice-presidential...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Uncle Sam watches with dismay as George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy, both with feathered wings strapped to their shoulders, stand poised to jump off the edge of a high cliff...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A hunter wearing a plaid coat and a billed cap holds a smoking shotgun. On his hat is a button that reads "Romney," and he is standing beside a sign that says "Now -- deer open...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey and an elephant wearing Hussar uniforms pass one another at a gate in front of the White House. The brick entrance is labeled "1600 Pennsylvania Ave." Beside the donkey...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Merle Cunnington. A donkey winks as he stands over a grave marked with a headstone that reads "Bobby Baker case." The donkey is wearing a blanket divided into three vertical sections. The first...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale is at a podium on a platform or stage in front of a curtain with a banner that reads, "Campaign 84." Mondale says, "I say Ronald Reagan is running away from the...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey holds an open metal aspirin box with "Aspirants" written on the inside lid. Marks around the donkey's head indicate sickness, dizziness, or headache. Inside the aspirin...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale, skiing down a slope, has hit a tree. Gary Hart (with a heart on his sweater), skiing down without incident, is smiling at Mondale.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Independent presidential candidate John Anderson stands near two trees labeled "Reagan" and "Carter." Both trees are tapped to collect sap, with a bucket hanging from each tap....

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A distressed-looking elephant labeled "Moderates," dressed in a tuxedo, looks into a top hat labeled "Hope for a miracle." Runtz's signature cat looks on, also looking distressed.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is drawn in three panels. The first panel shows Jimmy Carter smiling and laughing while saying, "I'm ahead." The second shows Walter Mondale saying, "I'm back." The...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale, dressed like a World War I soldier, is jumping over a tall wooden wall or fence labeled, "Delegate battle." On the other side, he lands in a large puddle...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ted Kennedy sits in an armchair reading a book called, "'84 primer," to a small boy drawn as a young donkey. Kennedy reads, "See Mondale run...See Cranston, Hart and Askew...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan holds a telephone receiver attached to a telephone cord that spells "Debate line." The receiver at the other end of the line is labeled "Carter." From it comes,...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon holds his hat in his right hand, and he stands near a large circle on the ground in front of him. There are a number of hats already in the circle, and Nixon appears...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Beneath a large sign with the words "Madison Square Garden...Democratic Convention," Jimmy Carter walks on a wide carpet which is being unrolled by four men (Edward Kennedy, Morris...